Jerry: [Looks
George straight faced with a look of disbelief] Bowling.

George: What's
wrong with bowling? Everybody bowls. Nixon bowled.

Jerry: [Saying
it to make fun of George] I suppose you have your own ball, too?

George: Yeah,
I just bought it.

Jerry: You're
out of work and you bought a bowling ball. [Shakes his head in disbelief.]

George: [Defensively] I needed a bowling
ball.

Jerry: You
want to go bowling on a Friday night. What's Karen doing?

George: I
don't know, she's not talking to me.

Jerry: [Trying
to open a bottle of aspiring] You know these child proof bottles are really
hard to open.

[Door
buzzes, it's Elaine, Jerry lets her in, still trying to open the bottle.]

George: Try
a knife. So you don't want to go bowling?

Jerry: [Rolls
his eyes].
I don't know. I'm supposed to see a movie with Elaine.

George: You
always go to the movies with Elaine! It's a wonder you two ever broke up.

Jerry: We
like movies. Besides, she's paying.

George: Well,
if you don't want to go bowling, could I tag along to the movie?

Jerry: I
don't see why not.

George: Is
she going to pay for me, too?

[Elaine
walks in.]

Elaine: Hey,
I just saw Karen outside, boy is she pissed!

Jerry: Elanine,
can you open this?

George: Did
she say anything? Did she ask about me?

Elaine: [Looking
at Jerry]
No.

George: [Thinking
Elaine was saying no to his question] No! No!

Jerry: Well
how the heck you supposed to open these. Maybe Kramer can open it.

Elaine: May-be.
[smacks lips as she says it]

[Jerry
grabs cordless and dials Kramer's number]

George: Well,
what did she say!

Elaine: She
said, "If you happen to see George, tell him I want my money by
Friday."

Jerry: Why
do you owe Karen money?

Elaine: Yeah,
whatta ya doing borrowing money from a girlfriend for?

George: I
didn't borrow! ItŐs for a stupid little bet we had.

Jerry: Whad
cha bet on?

George: Well,
we're over at her place, getting cozy on the couch, watching a little TV. I'm
channel surfing and I stop on big time wrestling.

Jerry: Oh,
that stuff is so phoney!

George: [Offended] It is not! I happen
to have gone to one of those matches and believe be buddy boy, it's real. It's
real alright!

[Elaine,
sipping from bottle of water is trying not to laugh at George.]

[Kramer
comes sliding in].

Kramer: Oh,
hey George. Elaine. [Looks at Jerry]. What's up?

Jerry: Can
you open this?

Kramer: Let
me try.

George: AS
I WAS SAYING, we're getting real cozy, things are going great when I stop on
big time wrestling. Well, she starts making fun of the guys, saying how it's
all fake and nobody really hits anyone. One thing leads to another and we get
into a fight.

Elaine: She
hit you!

George: No,
she didn't hit me!

Jerry: [Jerry,
trying not to laugh at George.]. Then what.

Elaine: Yeah,
then what?

Kramer: Jerry,
you still got a headache?

Jerry: Can't
open it either, huh. See, these stupid things are more than child proof.
They're grown up proof. I'm going to write a letter to them and tell them just
how hard it is to open these. This is ridiculous. Who are they trying to keep
out? I can't open this.

George: Do
you want to hear this or not!

[Everyone
turns towards George]

Jerry: So
you were saying she hit you.

George: SHE
DIDN'T HIT ME!

Elaine: Well
what happened?

George: Well,
you know that big wrestler 'The TV Repairman'?

Jerry: Yeah,
the guy that always comes out with a tool belt and his pants halfway down so
everyone can see his butt.

Elaine: [Talking
to herself]
Why do grown men watch that trash?

George: Karen
bet me that he would lose against 'Tiny Tim', the midget wrestler. So I bet
her $100.

Elaine: You
bet her a HUNDRED bucks!!

[Kramer
is in the background going nuts trying to open the aspirin bottle]

Jerry: And
naturally you lost.

George: Yeah.

Jerry: So,
now you owe her a hundred bucks.

George: Yeah.

Jerry: How
could you do such a thing!?

George: I
didn't think she was serious! I don't have a hundred bucks! Jer, she expects
me to pay her.

Kramer: You
gotta pay her if you ever want [Kramer raises his eyebrows, makes that half
devious smile, and makes a slight motion to reference sex] some ku-chee go-chee
with her again.

[Kramer
regains composure, throws his first ball and it's a strike; spins around, makes
that face of his]

Kramer: Just
warming up boys, just warming up.

George: Jerry,
can you keep score?

Jerry: You
mean to tell me you actually own your own bowling ball but don't know how to
keep score? That's like a librarian not knowing how to read.

George: I
never got to keep score! My father always did it. He didn't trust me; always
thought I'd cheat.

[Elaine
is making eye contact with a guy several lanes over.].

Jerry: Well,
I'm not the bowler here. Someone has gotta keep score.

Kramer: Ahhhhh.
You two. It's so easy. All you gotta do is write down how many pins get
knocked over on the first throw, then write down how many get knocked over on
the second. If all of them fall on the second throw, you make a slash [Gestures
with his hand violently]. That's a spare. If you knock 'em all down on your first
shot, that's a strike. You add one frame after the spare, two after the
strike. Fifth frame is the beer frame, tenth is three shots if you get all ten
on the first two. Now what's so tough about that?

Jerry: [Sarcastically] Oh, now that you've
explained it, it's all so clear.

George: Well,
let's start. I'll go first.

Kramer: Why
should you go first?

George: You
want to go first?

[George
steps up with his new ball, throws it. It's a gutter ball.]

Jerry: Not
bad, Georgie boy. I see that new ball was made just for you.

George: I'm
just warming up, baby! Just warming up! I gotta get used to this new ball.

[George
takes second shot.]

Elaine: Hey
Jerry, whatta you think of that guy over there?

Jerry: What
guy?

Elaine: The
guy with the flannel shirt.

Jerry: You
like flannel? You always hated it when I wore flannel.

Elaine: Yeah,
but that was on you. Some guys look good in it. It gives a man that rugged,
manly look.

Jerry: You
saying I don't look good in flannel?

Elaine: I'm
not saying

Jerry: You
don't think I'm manly enough, do you?

Elaine: It's
not that you're not

Jerry: See
George, it's all your fault!

George: What!?
What did I do??

Jerry: All
your talk of impotence. You ruined it for me. [Referring to the episode
where Jerry must "have sex to save the friendship"]

George: Whatta
you talking about?

Jerry: Just
forget it.

Elaine: I
think he's cute.

Jerry: What,
did you come here to bowl or pick up guys. Besides, you don't want to date a
guy that bowls.

George: [Defensively] What's wrong a guy
that bowls!? Nixon bowled.

Kramer: Yeah,
watta you got against bowlers.

Jerry: Nothing,
I just wouldn't date one.

Kramer::
[Giving Jerry that goofy look] Well, I hope not.

Jerry: I'm
referring to if I was a girl.

[George
throws his second gutter ball.]

Jerry: Nice
throw George, I see that ball was a wise investment.

George: I'm
just getting used to it. You just watch, I'll be throwing strikes left and
right, baby.

[Elaine
walk over to ball rack, picks out any old ball, walks up to the lane and throws
a strike.]

Jerry: You
just getting warmed up, too?

Elaine: [Jumping
up and down.]
Strike! [Looks at Kramer.] Did you see that!!! [Pushes Jerry in the
chest.]
Did you see that!! I got a strike!!

George: Beginner's
luck.

[Jerry
gets up to take his turn with zero enthusiasm.]

[Fill
some time with some funny bowling shots.]

[Segue
into the 10th frame; Kramer's got a 188, Jerry a 135, Elaine a 103, George a
54. (We never see Jerry bowl one ball)]

Jerry: Well
look at him. He hasn't stopped staring at Elaine since we came in.

George: You
know what I'm gonna do. I'm going to go over there and tell him he owes me
$100 for losing to 'Tiny Tim'.

Elaine: You're
going to do WHAT!?!?

George: Yeah.
I'm going to walk over there and calmly tell him I know he threw the match,
and that he should pay the $100 I bet on him.

Jerry: Oh,
he's going to throw something alright, but it aint going be a hundred bucks in
your direction.

Kramer: George,
look at the size of him. He'll bounce you around like a Yoda doll.

George: Elaine,
why don't you go over there and talk to him. Maybe he'll give you the hundred
bucks.

Elaine: Get
out here! That'll make a good impression. "Hi I'm Elaine. Could you
give me a hundred dollars for my fat, bald friend over there?"

George: Well,
he deliberately threw that match and I'm going to demand he pay me. He's not
getting away with this.

Jerry: You're
losing it, George.

Kramer: Oh
this I gotta see.

[George
walks over to talk to him. Elaine, Jerry, and Kramer start taking off their
shoes and putting the bowling balls back on the racks, including George's ball.
As the group is going up to the counter to give back the shoes, we see the TV
Repairman picking up George by the collar and beginning to rough him up. As
George looks back to scream, the camera freezes and episode ends].